Immense crowd at Billings dry farming expo opening
The Billings Montana dry farming exposition opens with a large crowd cheering addresses by Gov Eawin I Norris United States Senator J Mi Dixon of Montana and James J Hill of St Paul. The ceremony featured a band performance and will continue with international speakers including Nikolas Kaumanns and Dr Ladislaus Georgia.
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Billings
Mont
Congress
Eawin I. Norris
W. J. Rutherford
Regina
Sask
United States
J. Mi. Dixon
Montana
H. I. Moody
Spokane
James J. Hill
St. Paul
GB. B. Moss
Frank C. Bowman
Idaho Falls
Idaho
International Executive Committee
FP. B. Moss
Thompson
W. A. Selvidge
Chamber of Commerce
Norris
John A. Widtsoe
Laurence Baeta- Neves
James J. Hill Wis
Herr Nikolas Kaumanns
Chicago
Ladislaus Georgia
E. §. McMillin
Bootleg Tea At A Deserted Station From The Frisco Road
An Oklahoma man recalls a bootlegger at a bleak Frisco road stop selling quart bottles of cold tea to thirsty riders. A big buck Indian and two cattlemen bought bottles for one dollar each while a warning to avoid drinking until off the train kept the contraband joke alive. Also notes Susan B. Anthony’s fondness for silk stockings as inspiration for oration.
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Frisco Road
Oklahoma
Through Express
Susan B. Anthony
Oklahoma Cotton Firms Indicted for Anti-Trust Violations
A Logan county grand jury indicted the largest Oklahoma cotton firms and several individuals for violations of federal and state anti trust laws. Named are W. ST. Coyle Consolidated Oil, Southwestern Cotton Oil, The Canthorn company, and executives from Guthrie Oklahoma City and Crescent. Each day of monopoly counts as a separate offense. November 15, 1907 marks the alleged start of the combine with potential fines from 30 thousand to 80 million dollars.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Logan County
W. ST. Coyle
Midget Babe Dies in Albion Illinois
Albion's one month old Chester Carton, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Graves, died from malnutrition after birth when he weighed three pounds. The infant could be fully covered by a quart cup.
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Marshalltown
Albion
Chester Carton
Hugh Graves
Birh
Quack remedies and old ad copy blend in jumbled page
A fragmented slice of an early 20th century newspaper page mixes medical testimonials for Cutiura and Houdini Wizard Oil with various product pitches. The stray ad copy references cures, cosmetics, and household items, interwoven with stray jokes and consumer quacks.
Practical method for planting trees straight
An illustrated guide explains staking, drilling holes, and using iron pins and a notch board to align trees. It then covers pruning timing for flowering shrubs, noting many early bloomers should delay pruning until after flowering. Heavier pruning is best in early winter to boost next year blooms.
Embrace Crop Diversity for Year Round Farm Profit
The text argues against single crop farming, urging farmers to combine specialty crops with livestock and other outputs to maintain steady employment and profits through all seasons. It discusses potato onion and horticulture potential, wheat and corn profitability, and the benefits of crop rotation and soil health. It notes a cement hog house floor mix for durability.
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Abor
Value of Ewa Fleece and Wool Fate
Fragmentary note discusses the value of Ewa upon death and life. It states that if she dies her fleece funds funeral expenses, if she lives her singing wool ends fall and will pay down. The text is unclear and contains garbled phrases.
Six Horse Evener for Gang Plow Drawn From Sketch
A six horse evener for gang plow shown with two horses ahead and four abreast. Constructed from oak planks with strap iron, holes bored two to one inch to two horses to four. Length allows the six horse attachment under eve n tongues and connects to the front evener by a chain. Also usable as a five horse evener with a hole change. A second note discusses potato biology and a potato bug relationship.
Burbank Endorses Delicious Apple as Finest Quality
Hon Luther Burbank praises the Delicious apple calling it a gem and the finest apple in the world noting its superior quality among tested varieties. He asserts it stands above all others he has evaluated.
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Luther Burbank
Texans brag about drought proof shade trees and blooms
A Texas man remains watering his shade trees and flowers on the hottest day, while neighbors’ parched bushes and trees show the drought. The editor notes his home grown flora stay fresh, thriving as others wilt under the heat.
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Texas
Goa
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Moody
Hill
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Rufus W. Peckham
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Alban County
Bright
New York
Joseph Goldstein
Bank
Carthage
Jasper
Here
Des Moines
Capital Lodge No. 110
A. F
A. M
Colfax
J. W. Veach
O. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Potter Dreg & Chem. Corp
Solo
Bortoo
Chicago Daily News
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Wrigley
Perry Davis
Chew Whilgley
Dieter Dieren
E. R. Myers
Rahe
George Hanne
Omaha
the Wizard of Horticulture
Mr. Burbank
Stark Trees
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Perfection
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Resinol
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore, MD
W. G. Starbuck
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Des Moines Directory
Das Moines Bale Tie Co
Tes Moines, Iowa
Ueno
Mary T. Goldman
Altar
Guigr
Ux Balz
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